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Are you a quick, slick, reliable brick?

We’re looking for a positive and enthusiastic creative designer, a great headline writer who is typographically gifted and a great speller!!

Someone who is a team player, works with a smile on their face and enjoys working to tight deadlines… and we want you now!!!!

You will be able to devour nonsensical design briefs, bash the suits into shape when they ask for random amends and be able deliver exceptional creative work on time every time, whilst under tight and unfair deadlines.

You will need retail experience, we sell things for clients here, so features and benefits are our thing. You will be proficient in all the latest Adobe creative software – especially InDesign (oh, and HTML skills will come in handy too). So if you want to work in a busy creative environment, can eat up work and want to further your career you should be talking to us.

Ideally you will live locally to Harrogate, we have plenty of free parking and are 200 yards away from the train station – so commuting will be a doddle.

Oh and us! Well we are The Whole Caboodle a successful and long established digital marketing agency based in Harrogate… and by long, we mean we started before some of you were born! You can read the rest on our website.

So if you’re interested tell us about yourself, and send us your portfolio – oh yes one last thing the deadline for applications was yesterday! See told you, very unfair.

Media is at the heart of marketing and as a Media Executive you make things happen!

We’re looking for a new Media Executive to join our amazing team in Harrogate. You’ll be working with fantastic clients at one of the most innovative, progressive and friendliest marketing agencies in the land.

Job Description
The role of a Media Executive is to research and identify digital channels as well as traditional media opportunities to effectively market our clients to their target audience. You will be responsible for taking campaign briefings from clients, gaining a clear understanding of their requirements and budgets. By working with with media owners, digital platforms and our digital and account management teams, you will determine the best strategy to achieve our clients’ goals and successfully present, manage and optimise campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Develop positive relationships with clients and understand their business
• Take campaign briefs from clients/account management team and identify objectives and budgets
• Research and analyse target audience and identify the optimum media mix to promote a particular product or service
• Negotiate with media owners to obtain the best rates for our clients
• Present strategy and media proposals
• Identify obstacles and problem solve
• Monitor, optimise and report on campaigns’ progress
• Manage campaign budgets
• Keep up-to-date on the latest industry statistics and media opportunities

Skills

• Knowledge and experience of digital advertising, including PPC, Google Display and Social Media
• Knowledge and experience of traditional media, including local and national press, local and national radio and OOH
• Enthusiastic, energetic and imaginative
• Approachable, outgoing and diplomatic
• Commercially aware and able to recognise opportunities
• Logical thinker and problem solver
• A confident presenter and clear communicator
• An upbeat and motivated team player
• Works well under pressure to achieve deadlines
• Excellent negotiator with good interpersonal skills

This is a brilliant opportunity to start or progress your media career with a fun and supportive agency in leafy Harrogate. You don't necessarily need a degree - our main requirements are good old common sense, a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.

In return, we offer a competitive salary, company pension, 28 days' holiday (including bank holidays) and time off at Christmas, staff socials, free parking, a central location only 5 minutes’ walk from the bus and train stations and all the dog cuddles you could want.